Singapore legislation
Clause 3
Clause 3
Amendment of section 16
Section 16 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting subsection (6) and substituting the following subsection:“(6) Where any goods are found concealed, or in respect of which any document which ought to be produced is not produced, in any vessel or aircraft or which are not shown on any manifest or list required to be produced, being goods —
the import, export, carriage coastwise, shipment as ships’ stores, carriage as aircraft stores or transhipment of which is prohibited, either absolutely or conditionally by any regulations made under section 3; or
the transit through Singapore of which —
a requirement to inspect goods on board the vessel or aircraft is imposed pursuant to any written law giving effect to any relevant decision of the United Nations Security Council; and (ii)is prohibited, either absolutely or conditionally by any regulations made under section 3,the goods may be seized by an authorised officer and shall be liable to forfeiture in the same manner as if an offence had been committed in respect of the goods.”; and
by deleting subsection (8) and substituting the following subsection:“(8) An authorised officer may exercise the powers conferred by this section in respect of a vessel underway if —
the authorised officer reasonably suspects that any goods on board the vessel are intended to be landed or transhipped in Singapore; or
the goods on board the vessel are in transit through Singapore and a requirement to inspect goods on board the vessel is imposed pursuant to any written law giving effect to any relevant decision of the United Nations Security Council.”.